They're kind a level down, and you have to have at least 1/32nd (or 1/64th?) Maori blood to be selected. A couple of the Maori ABs have played for the actual ABs. If anyone is interested in an excellent game that was played this year, check out ABs vs South Africa from this year in Johannesburg, wasepic. American football can suck it compared to rugby, I loathe NFL.
Yep, trolling hard out Vail lol! Was especially bad during the game this morning, and it's continuing O.o acting like we are super sucky cos we lost 5-1 to them - um could it be because we are ranked 79th and they are ranked 24th? Not like it's much of a comparison. The game in Wellington next week should still be fun.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Wednesday, November 13, 2013 7:57:13 AM)| |  | Head banger wrote: | | | are the Maori all blacks a different level than the all blacks, like a feeder club, or do you have a national club and a indigenous national club?
saw the Maori all blacks play a canadian team a week or so ago. we didnt do so well, but it was interesting. havent watched any rugby in years now.
| | | Becks wrote: | | No they don't do the haka  which is good in a way as it can be overdone a bit. I'm actually a little surprised you know who the All Blacks are lol! They are the most recognisable rugby team in the world, but rugby isn't big in the USA. Mind you the NZ Maori All Blacks (Maori are our indigenous people) played the USA on the weekend and it was an excellent game, the Eagles played very well!
The good thing about NZ being in this position is they have nothing to lose, so whatever happens happens lol. I have heard Mexico have been dreadful lately, but all you can go by is the one game. All that matters is what happens on the day. It's funny, Mexican fans are trolling the All Whites (the name of our soccer team, cos they wear a white uniform) facebook page, but because most of them are posting in Spanish (rather than the rest posting in ok english, or google translate english lol) no one knows what they're on about lol.
(Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:40:56 PM)
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Personally, I'm don't have much hope in Mexico winning this playoff. But then again, weirder things have happened at the Azteca. Seriously, just how stinkin' lucky (or maybe unlucky) can they get with getting this far in their current condition?
Say, does the NZ soccer team do that whole pre-game Maori war dance/chant thing like the All Blacks do? That'd be cool to see. It would definitely scare the crap out of El Tri.
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Getting nervous, tomorrow is the first of two 2014 World Cup qualifiers between NZ and Mexico! Tomorrows game is at the Azteca, so it's going to be a big game for our boys but I am hoping they pull something out of the bag. We'll be at the second match next week in Wellington, can't wait.
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